Renfrew Rocks B.C.

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Renfrew Rocks
League SBC Division 1
Established1989;36 years ago (1989)
Location Renfrew, Scotland
Team colours   
Head coach Flag of Scotland.svg Johnathan MacLeod
Website Official website

The Renfrew Rocks are a basketball club based in the town of Renfrew, Scotland. The club was founded in 1989 by Donny Henderson and Robert Taft, with players from the local Renfrew High School, where the club, consisting of several senior and junior teams, is still based. [1] [2] [3] The senior men's team entered the Scottish National League Division 2 for the 2021–22 season, winning the league with an unbeaten record and reaching the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup. [4] Following their undefeated season, the club gained a historic promotion to the Scottish Basketball top flight for the 2022-23 season. The club have a close partnership with the University of the West of Scotland, who compete in the British Universities and Colleges Sport Scottish Tier 1 League. [5]

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Honours

Scottish National League Division 2 (1): 2021-22
Strathclyde League Basketball Association (3): 2016-17, 2018-19, 2021-22
Anderson Cup (2): 2017-18, 2018-19
Executive Cup (2): 2015-16, 2016-17

Junior Titles

Strathclyde League Basketball Association (1): 2014-15

SLBA Cup (2): 2017-18, 2018–19

Season-by-season records

SeasonDivisionTierRegular SeasonPost-SeasonScottish Cup
FinishPlayedWinsLossesWin %
Renfrew Rocks
2021–22 SBC Div 2 31st101001.000No competitionSemi-finals
2022–23 SBC Div 1 27th208120.400Did not qualify1st round
2023–24 SBC Div 1 27th214170.190Did not qualify2nd Round

Roster

Renfrew Rocks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
SG 1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Scotland.svg Pieramarchi, Vlad 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PG 2 Flag of Scotland.svg Lockhart, Milo 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG 3 Flag of Scotland.svg McGoran, Thomas 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Carroll, Kris 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 6 Flag of Scotland.svg Flag of Egypt.svg Fadel, Baraa   Cruz Roja.svg 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 7 Flag of Scotland.svg Doyle, Marcus (C) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 8 Flag of Scotland.svg McQuarrie, Martin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G/F 9 Flag of Scotland.svg Keegan, Matthew 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PG 10 Flag of Scotland.svg Thomson, Jack 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
G 11 Flag of Scotland.svg Stevenson, Liam (VC) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
F 12 Flag of Scotland.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Wakazadi, Shiloh 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 13 Flag of Scotland.svg Alexander, Calum 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
F 13 Flag of Scotland.svg Brand, Callum 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
G/F 17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Graham, Shay 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
F/C 33 Flag of Scotland.svg Pettit, Jonathan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Head coach
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Johnathan MacLeod
Assistant coach(es)
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Kevin McDonald

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: December 11, 2021

References

  1. Ben Ramage (2019-12-03). "The Paisley Daily Express Club of the Week: Renfrew Rocks". Daily Record. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  2. Norman Silvester (2022-02-16). "Robert Taft: Tributes to Renfrewshire basketball coach". The Gazette. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  3. Matt Vallance (2022-03-06). "Bob Taft, gifted basketball coach who formed crusading partnership". The Herald. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  4. William Brown (2022-05-04). "Renfrew Rocks coach dedicates title success to Robert Taft". The Gazette. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  5. "Team UWS returns to live basketball in Emirates Arena match". UWS. 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2022-04-16.